On this board, sometimes I see people posting * golf clap * and from the context, it seems to be a sign of respect.
However, Wikipedia seems to say golf claps are sarcastic. Similarly, slow claps are either heckling or the complete opposite: a prelude to roaring applause and approval.
So, in posts, does a golf clap always denote approval, or does it confusingly mean the opposite sometimes?
I only use them, in posts and in real-life, sarcastically. It’s just like the insincere “way to go.”
It’s obviously ambiguous, as you point out.
Most irony is ambiguous, but those who use it never seem to understand that.
My brother in law thinks he has a great way to insult a restaurant’s food.
If the steak is tough, he tells the waiter, when asked how everything is, “The stake has a lot of flavor.” How this is supposed to convey that it is not tender I never knew, but he and his friends all laugh when the waiter leaves.
You know, you make a good point. I’d never actually thought about that before, and wondered how people didn’t get my jokes.
Two cheers for the golf clap.
Damn. I thought it was polite and respectful.
Hope I haven’t hopelessly offended too many folks…
The golf clap is bad, man!
(Whether that means breakfast burrito bad or Michael Jackson in the '80s bad is up to you. Come to think of it, I’m not sure which ‘bad’ applies to either Jacko or breakfast burritos…)
Hmm… upon re-reading the post in question, now I’m not sure if the poster is respectful or sarcastic. It’s completely ambiguous to me.